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- almost [ôl′mōst΄, ôl mōst′]adv.[OE eallmæst: see ALL & MOST]very nearly but not completely; all but
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Almost — Al most ([add]l m[=o]st), adv. [AS. ealm[ae]st, [ae]lm[ae]st, quite the most, almost all; eal (OE. al) all + m?st most.] Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. [1913 Webster] Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
almost — /awl mohst, awl mohst /, adv. very nearly; all but: almost every house; almost the entire symphony; to pay almost nothing for a car; almost twice as many books. [bef. 1000; ME; OE (e)al mast, var. of AEL MAEST nearly] Syn. ALMOST (MOST), NEARLY,… … Universalium
Almost — In mathematics, especially in set theory, when dealing with sets of infinite size, the term almost or nearly is used to mean all the elements except for finitely many . In other words, an infinite set S that is a subset of another infinite set L … Wikipedia
almost — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ealmǣst, from eall + mǣst most Date: before 12th century very nearly but not exactly or entirely < we re almost there > II. adjective Date: 1709 very near but not quite < an almost failure > … New Collegiate Dictionary
almost — 1. adverb /ɔːlˈməʊst,ˈɔːl.məʊst,ˈɔl.moʊst,ˈɑɫ.moʊst/ a) Very close b) Not quite Syn: nearly, nigh 2. adjective /ɔːlˈməʊst,ˈɔːl.məʊst,ˈɔl.moʊst,ˈɑɫ.moʊst/ Similar to They could be … Wiktionary
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